Alyssa Scott has paid a touching tribute to her late son Zen after the boy’s death was announced by his comedian father, Nick Cannon.
On Tuesday, Cannon broke into tears as he revealed that his son had passed away. During his daytime talk show, the distressed host explained how 5-month-old Zen succumbed to brain cancer after his tumor began progressing at an alarming rate around Thanksgiving.
Now, the baby boy’s heartbroken mother, model Alyssa Scott, spoke out to pay a tear-jerking tribute to her beloved son.
“Oh my sweet Zen. The soreness I felt in my arm from holding you is slowly fading away. It’s a painful reminder that you are no longer here,” the 28-year-old wrote.
“I caught myself looking in the backseat as I was driving only to see the mirror no longer reflecting your perfect face back at me. When I close a door too loudly I hold my breath and wince knowing a soft cry will shortly follow. It doesn’t come. The silence is deafening.”
She added: “These last 5 months we have been in this race together. We would hand the baton off to each other. You kept me going.
“It would be the middle of the night and you would smile at me. A surge of energy would fill my body and pure joy would radiate from within me. We were a team, both determined to see it through.
“It feels unbearable running without you now. I can’t. And in this moment I feel myself being carried. By your sister.. By God. By complete strangers encouraging me to not give up. It has been an honor and privilege being your mommy. I will love you for eternity.”
Our thoughts are with Scott and Cannon and the rest of Zen’s family during these challenging times.